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    New Chick and something is going on

    I have a duck that stole some chicken eggs and hatched them. They are a week old, and there are 3 total. The first two are doing great but the 3rd, that hatched a day or two behind the others, had some mild troubles so I brought it inside to watch. The first issue was some incessant scratching...
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    New Chick Itching/Shaking Head

    I have a duck that hatched 3 chickens (she took the chickens eggs). The first two hatched a day ahead of the 3rd and they are doing great, but today the youngest (who is 2 days old) started peeping in distress and attempting to itch it's face near it's eyes pretty consistently. After it does...
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    Clipped wings, still flies

    We are trying to corral the chickens in the barnyard for the summer so they leave our garden (and the neighbors) alone. Last night we clipped one of the roosters wings and this morning he hopped flew over the 5' fence like it was no big deal. The hens all followed (but we haven't clipped their...
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    Adult ducks suddenly unable to walk, one dead

    Last night when my son was putting the ducks to bed he mentioned one of my runners was having trouble walking and he picked her up and put her in the barn. He said another one was as well, but I didn't think much of it because they will limp around for a day or so and then be fine. It's...
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    Emergency Incubator for duck eggs - Help/ideas needed ASAP

    To make a very long story short I have a duck egg a week from hatching that mama decided she was done sitting on today and I hate to just let it go. She hasn't been on it for about 3 hours (maybe less time) and it's cold but it's moving around still. Up until this point i've had to kick her...
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    Duckling hatching ahead of others under mom

    I'm wondering how concerned I should be about one egg hatching ahead of the others. To make a long story short, I have a mother duck sitting on 7 eggs and one of them is hatching today. It pipped the last two days so it's a full on hatch now. The other 6 eggs haven't started pipping yet, and...
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    Injured Duck Foot

    I have a year old Khaki Campbell with an injured foot/leg. I'm not sure what happened, but i'm assuming the goose went after her and she sprained it running. Her left foot is swollen, but not the leg. As far as I can tell it's not broken, but she really can't support herself on it for more...
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    Deformed Duck Egg

    I am new to ducks, and recently helped an acquaintance out and took in their two ducks, as they are being moved overseas. I have Runners, but they don't begin laying until next month, and the two I received from her were laying when they arrived. She said she got them in February, so they have...
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    Help! Duckling Injured

    I was sitting in bed this evening and hear a tweet thst wasn't usual from the ducklings and went to investigste. One of my Runners, who is around 7 days old, got her foot caught between her watered and the brooding box. Her leg/foot seems pretty swollen and while she can put weight on it, it's...
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    New Gosling, Lots of Questions

    I have been planning on Runners for a year and have done lots of research and feel very prepared, but at the last minute decided to add a goose to the mix to help with predator protection. I know nothing about geese, other than they chased me as a kid, and I feel very unprepared. We picked up...
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